Journal of computer assisted tomography

The most recent articles from: J Comput Assist Tomogr December 1979

J Comput Assist Tomogr · Dec 1979

Case Reports Historical Article

Computed tomography of ancient Egyptian mummies.

This first report of the application of computed tomography (CT) to the study of ancient mummies, the desiccated brain of a boy and the body of a young woman within her cartonnage, shows that CT is uniquely suitable for the study of such antiquities, a study that does not necessitate destruction of the mummy or its cartonnage. Exquisite images result that are of great paleoanatomical, paleopathological, and archeological significance.

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